Safe-protecting device



Y v.15. SODERQUlST-ET AL SAFE PROTECTING DEVICE 1 Filed Dec 4. 192g V 'rzuzf' @zzar ,fmw mr Patented Aug. 4, 1925.

UNITED oFHc-E.

, vIoroR El SODERQUIST, or MARSHALLTOWR'IOWA, ANnLLoYn n. MAP ET ORPE, or

ROCK IsLANn' ILLINoIsQ Q sAFE-rnoT crING DEVICE.

I Application filed December 4, 1922; Serial No. 604,956.

To all whom it may concern;-

Be it known thatwe, V I GTORE. 'SODER- QUIST and LLOYD E.- MAPLETHQRPE, citizens of the United States, residing at Marshalltown anctRock Island, respectively, in the counties of Marshall and Rock Island and States of Iowa and Illinois, 'IGSPGCUVBIY, have invented a certain new. and useful- Safe-Protecting Device, of which the following is a specification. I

The object of our invention is to provide asafe or vault protecting device of simple, durable, and comparatively inexpensive construction. v V

More .particularly,rour invention relates to a container having a gas therein, which is designed to be placed" in a safe or vault so that whenthe safe or vault is broken open, the container will bebroken and the gas permitted to escape.

Still another ob ect s to provide a novel arrangement for holding the gas in a container so that the device maybe easily shipped and carried from'place to place without much'danger. V

Vhth these and other ob ects in vlew, our lnvention COIlSlSlDS 1n the construction, ar-

rangernent" and 'combina'tionyof the various parts of our device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in our claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which: v

Figure 1 is a perspective view of our protecting device. c v Figure 2 is a central, sectional View taken through the same. I a Figure?) is a detail, sectional'view taken on the line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on line 49-4: of Figure 2; and

Fi ure 5 is a perspective'view offone a so that when t 1s broken open the gas conb corner of the device.

In the accompanying' drawing, I'have' used the reference numeral 10 to indicate hereinafter more'fullysetforth. c r

Received within the container 10 are a number of bottles 12. -The bottles 12 are filled with a non-poisonous gas 13.. A rubber stopper 14 is placed in the neck of; the bottle for sealing the gas within the bot tiles ,12LAfter the rubber stopper lt'hasbeen placed inthe bottle, it is coveredwith a sealing 'wax -15 soasto insure against any possible escapeof the gas from the bottles.

On the bottom of the container 10 is placed some cotton packing 16 so that the bottles 12 may'rest thereon. The normally upper ends of the bottles are placed against the cotton as clearly the drawing. 7 I a Between each of the bottles, for preventshown in Figure 2 of ing.

- ing, their rubbing against eachother, we provide .a feltpacking 17. The bottles 12 are thus securely packed into the container as to preventtheir accidental break-Y The upperends of the side walls of the container" are bent towards each other so as to provides'hort flanges 18. The upper edges of the end walls of the container are also bent toward each other for'providing h r flanges 19;- r

v.Aglass '20 is slid in below th and 19. One ofthe'fianges 19 is not bent into position until" after the glass 20 has been properly positioned.- After the glass flanges '18 o 20 is in position, onefof the flanges 19 is bent over for securely holding the'glass.

T From the construction of the parts just described, it will'be seen thatthe gas containing bottles 12 are securely packed in the container 10 with .the bottom inglagainst the glass 20. V

The entire device may be placed with the glass side down between the innerand outer walls of a vault, so that when the outer door is blown open, the glass 20 will be broken and bottles containing the gas, will be ends rest- The entire device maybe. placed in a safe.

side of the vault door itself.

The entire arrangement of the'device is suchthat'it-can be. shipped from place to or any other suitable means, on the inner V broken for permittingthe gas tofescapeQ9 place, and handled with a minimum amount of danger.

The glass 20 and the bottles 12 being frangible Will permit them to become easily broken and crushed due to the blowing open of the vault or safe.

Our device will be very effective for overcoming the burglars and preventing their removing any of the contents of the safe or Vault, and at the same time cause them to be laid out for sometime.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the various parts of our device, Without departing from the real spirit and purpose of our invention and it is our intention tocover by-our claim, any modified forms of structure oruse of tainer open at one end having in-turned flanges at its edges at its open end, a plurality' of frangible bottles in said container With their bottoms adjacent to the open end thereof adapted to contain a gas, a frangible plate held between the bottom of said bottles and said flanges, and means for cushioning the bottles at their tops and sides from the casing and from each other.

Des Moines, Iowa, August 23, 1922.

VICTOR SODE-RQUIST. LLOYD E. MAP-LETHORPE. 

